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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Veryan Medical Limited, Oxford, GB;

Inventors:

Charles Taylor, Coolham, GB;

Kevin Heraty, Castlebar, IE;

Liam Mullins, Athlone, IE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/30 (2006.01); A61F 2/915 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61F 2/89 (2013.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61F 2002/30199 (2013.01); A61F 2002/825 (2013.01); A61F 2002/828 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91508 (2013.01); A61F 2002/91541 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0091 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0036 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0037 (2013.01);
Abstract

A stent suitable for deployment in a blood vessel to support at least part of an internal wall of the blood vessel comprises a plurality of longitudinally spaced-apart annular elements, and a plurality of connecting elements to connect adjacent annular elements. Each connecting element is circumferentially offset from the previous connecting element. Upon application of a load to the stent, the stent moves from an unloaded configuration to a loaded configuration. In the unloaded configuration the longitudinal axis of the stent is straight, and the stent is cylindrically shaped. In the loaded configuration the longitudinal axis of the stent is curved in three-dimensional space, and the stent is helically shaped.


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